SYDNEY, July 2 -- AsiaNet PRESCHOOL CHANNEL... KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia joins Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Indonesia on the list of markets where preschoolers are experiencing a fun new way of learning through Walt Disney Television International's dedicated preschool service, Playhouse Disney Channel. http://www.disneychannel-asia.com http://www.playhousedisneychannel-asia.com ASTHMA THERAPY... BASEL: Novartis Pharma AG Thursday submitted its application for the European approval of Xolair (omalizumab), a novel therapy which targets a root cause of allergic disease and offers an entirely new approach to the treatment of allergic asthma. http://www.novartis.com BUSINESS STRATEGIES HONG KONG: DF China Technology Inc. Friday announced its new business development strategies in a press conference held in Shenzhen, China. VITAMIN ROLLOUT... HONG KONG: China Pharmaceuticals Corporation Friday announced the rollout of the first all-natural liquid multiple vitamin product in a press conference held in Hangzhou, China. http://www.dichain.com http://www.chinapharmaceutical.com PETRONAS RESULTS... Petronas has released its financial year results for the year ended 31 March 2004 showing that it posted year group revenue of US$25.664 billion, an on-year increase of 19.7, while group pre-tax profit jumped 39.3 per cent to US$9.854 billion. http://www.petronas.com AMUSEMENT EXHIBITION... ALEXANDRIA, Va.: Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, will speak at the IAAPA Asian Expo -- the amusement industry's premier amusement conference and exhibition in Asia -- the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced Friday. http://www.iaapa.org http://www.iaapaexpo.com GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, Thursday announced that Fujitsu Siemens Computers will offer the full range of new NVIDIA Quadro PCI Express graphics solutions on the CELSIUS K Series, M Series, and R Series workstations. http://www.nvidia.com MMC CLARIFICATION... TOKYO: JPMorgan Thursday said it appreciates Mitsubishi Motors Corporation's [MMC] clarification of potentially misleading press reports with regard to stock purchase. QUARTERLY DIVIDEND... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. Thursday announced that it has declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per common share, payable on 30 July 2004 to shareholders of record as of 16 July 2004. http://www.wpstewart.com EMAIL ACCOUNTS... PARIS: XandMail SA, the digital communication solutions provider, Thursday announced the availability of XandMail Portal Messaging Center, a global carrier-grade solution providing access to an internal portal cache which syndicates external mail accounts. http://www.xandmail.com ASAHI GLASS... TOKYO: This is a redistribution of a press release, released on 23/06/2004 with the following words "glow birefringence(6)" corrected to "low birefringence(6)" in the last sentence of the fourth paragraph. http://www.agc.co.jp (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--